Pseudo DL Doctorate of Pharmacy degree (Univ of MD)

I thought this group would appreciate this article: http://www.gazette.net/stories/02262010/businew174018_32549.php

The slow adoption of DL has allowed the University of Maryland Pharmacy School (in the Baltimore area) to create a satellite pharmacy program in the DC area (about 50 miles, 1.5 hours away). From the article, about 25% of students are now based at this satellite campus.

It sounds like labs, exams, etc occur completely on the satellite campus, but they're also using video lectures and online discussions to cut the 5-day on campus program into a 3-day on campus program. This makes a day job, while earning a rigorous degree, realistic.

I don't think a pharmacist is someone you would associate with a DL degree, with the labs, internships, and rounds required. I wonder if other "trade" doctorates could also adopt this approach. What do you think?

 

"Pseudo" is a misnomer. "Hybrid" or "blended" are more accurate ways of describing the programs mode of delivery.

 

Creighton University (Omaha, NE) offers an entry level Doctor of Pharmacy via distance learning (there are some on campus lab sessions, which last 1-2 weeks).

 

University of Florida offers the online Pharm.D. degree program for licensed pharmacists:
http://pharmd.distancelearning.ufl.edu/

Shenandoa University offers an online Non-traditional Pharm.D. Program for registered and practicing pharmacists:
http://www.su.edu/pharmacy/25A23E272D36495194A5384D6245EE84.asp

Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy offers the entry level Post Baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy Weekend Program
http://www.duq.edu/pharmacy/weekend/index.cfm

 

I meant Shenandoah University.

 

The Robert Gordon University School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences (Scotland, UK) offers an on-line part-time, distance learning M.Sc. in Clinical Pharmacy but requires an undergraduate honours degree or equivalent in pharmacy. (Might this prerequisite be negotiable?).
http://www4.rgu.ac.uk/pharmacy_life/courses/page.cfm?pge=75509

 

From the Great State of Ohio

The University of Cincinnati www.uc.edu, Ohio Northern University www-new.onu.edu, and Ohio State University www.osu.edu all offer the non-traditional PharmD degree.

 

This is undoubtedly correct.